Augustus

Augustus
Main aliases:	Octavian
Species:	Human
Job:	Roman emperor
Place of origin:	Earth
Children:	Julia
Grandchildren:	Gaius, Lucius
Spouse:	Livia
First mentioned in:	Byzantium!
Appearance:	Running with Caesars

You may wish to consult Augustus (disambiguation) for other, similarly-named pages.

Caesar Augustus, formerly known as Octavian, (PROSE: Rome ^[+]Loading...["Rome (short story)"]) was an Emperor of Rome.

Biography

Octavian had a daughter named Julia and two grandsons named Gaius and Lucius. (PROSE: Rome ^[+]Loading...["Rome (short story)"])

In 30 BC, Octavian conquered Egypt, making it a Roman province. (PROSE: The Ruby's Curse ^[+]Loading...["The Ruby's Curse (novel)"])

Later, in the eighth century after the foundation of Rome, (PROSE: Warlords of Utopia ^[+]Loading...["Warlords of Utopia (novel)"]) Octavian became known as Augustus and began his reign as the first emperor of the Roman Empire. (PROSE: The Ruby's Curse ^[+]Loading...["The Ruby's Curse (novel)"])

In the year 6 AD, Caesar Augustus decreed that the governors of Syria and Judaea should conduct a tax census, the Census of Quirinius, requiring all citizens to travel to their ancestral homes. Following this was the birth of Jesus Christ which, when recounted in the Gospel of Saint Luke, formed the basis of the Christian celebration of Christmas. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac ^[+]Loading...["The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"])

Augustus was married to Livia. (PROSE: Warlords of Utopia ^[+]Loading...["Warlords of Utopia (novel)"]) Her son Tiberius (PROSE: Running with Caesars ^[+]Loading...["Running with Caesars (short story)"]) replaced him as Emperor in AD 14. (PROSE: Byzantium! ^[+]Loading...["Byzantium! (novel)"])

Legacy

Caesar featured in William Shakespeare's play Antony and Cleopatra. He defeated Cleopatra's forces in battle which, with the death of Mark Antony, ultimately led her to commit suicide. (PROSE: Antony and Cleopatra ^[+]Loading...["Antony and Cleopatra (short story)"])

According to Trix, he was played by Brian Blessed in I, Claudius. (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles)

References

The First Doctor and Susan visited Rome during the time of Augustus. While there, the Doctor obtained gold coins called aurei, which were still in his possession when he and Susan visited Berlin in January 1933. (AUDIO: The Alchemists ^[+]Loading...["The Alchemists (audio story)"])

Behind the scenes

• He was played by John Castle in the 1972 film version of Antony and Cleopatra, Brian Blessed in the 1976 TV version of I, Claudius, Garrick Hagon in the 1979 BBC version of Julius Caesar, Rupert Graves in the 1999 film Cleopatra and Derek Jacobi in the 2010 BBC radio adaptation of I, Claudius.